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It was a one year ago today that I got the early morning call from Jesse Falcon that our dear friend Eddie Wires had passed away suddenly in the night, at the age of 38, while at his workbench doing what he loved – painting action figure prototypes. For everyone one that knew him the hole in our hearts that Eddie left with his passing is still there, and some days are tougher than others… like his absence felt all week at Comic Con last month, but we continue to celebrate his life, his work and his legacy.

Eddie’s brother Jason is caring on with the family business and is growing Wires Productions to new heights. Expanding from just prototype painting to include molding, casting and 3-D printing. Taking the company and fulfilling the dream of his brother to be a full service studio. As a remarkable tribute all of Eddie’s clients including DC Direct and Diamond Select stayed on with Jason, not just in memory of Eddie, but also because of Jason’s enormous talent. You can check out Jason’s amazing work at www.jasonwiresproductions.com/

At Comic Con last month it was my intention to do a panel about the legacy and work of Eddie Wires. Unfortunately Comic Con wasn’t convinced there would be an audience for that, and passed on it. So instead I took some time at the end of my other panel to talk about Eddie since most of the panelists were his friends and the audience was familiar with his work. Abby and I, along with many of Eddie’s friends had the opportunity to raise a glass to Eddie on Saturday night along with Jason.

Eddie’s passing at such a young age is a constant reminder to not put things off -not your dreams, not your health, not your responsibilities, not your relationships. Don’t keep putting that stuff of to some theoretical "someday." There will always"someday" out there you can keep pushing things off to… until there isn’t. Do it now. Do what you love. And most of all – be happy.

Both times you wrote your articles on Eddie I was touched. Thanks man. I lost my best friend suddenly this year. Your tribute to Eddie was a sign of a true friend. Not letting his legacy die is an awesome legacy to the guy he must’ve been.

His artwork truly inspired me. At the site listed above, I attempted a 4 x 4 foot Batcave from the Timm Universe, but Eddie’s figures always seemed the coolest. I marveled at how many of my favorite figures were painted by this one guy.

Thanks for being a true friend and sticking your neck out at the panel. Can’t tell you how much respect that gave me for you.
Peyton

Wonderful words man. Can’t believe it’s already been a year. Kudos to Jason for keeping the dream alive and turning out some amazing work this past year. Looking forward to seeing all the great things to come. As long as there are action figures on display in my house, Eddie Lives!

a touching tribute to a loss friend for his legacy carries on. and could not agree more with the last part that one should do what they need to do today for as eds death prove one never knows when it will end too soon.

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Julius Marx was know the world over for 10 years as the title character in the long running TV cop-on-the-edge show “Hockuly!” Now he writes about and takes pictures of toys and attempts to put all his weird knowledge to work for him. He has been collecting toys his entire life.